It was early April, and his parents were boiling maple sap in the Western New York shack where they produced syrup and other maple-flavored goods. “It was pretty rustic,” Wightman says, “with just ...

Feb. 28—When it comes to making maple syrup, everything Rodney May needs is within a feet of his home's front door. May's eastern Daviess County home is surrounded by woods filled with sugar maple ...

Making maple syrup takes a lot of trees, taps, sap and time. For those willing to tackle the job, it is "tremendous," said commercial syrup maker Eric Randall. An agricultural cottage industry perhaps ...

When the high temperatures rise above freezing and the daily lows stay below freezing, the sap starts to run in maple trees. On Saturday, April 6, at Maplewood State Park near Pelican Rapids, Minn., ...

Is there anything more wonderful than a stack of buttermilk pancakes dripping with golden maple syrup? How about seeing how the sweet syrup is made and then tasting the final product? Every spring, ...

SEBEKA, Minn. — Maple sap has been dripping, and in some cases gushing, weeks earlier than normal for Minnesota’s maple syrup producers. The maple woods are normally just waking up and beginning to ...

Few things in nature are as sweet as real maple syrup, which is made from the sap of a maple tree. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. Does maple syrup go bad? Maple ...

We all know that foods like beans and cabbage may give us gas. There is one case, though, where gas gives us food. Fortunately, it’s not the same kind of gas. From roughly mid-February through the end ...

Cody Anderson feeds the evaporator fire. This time of year, Something Wild co-host Dave Anderson is busy in his sugar house. He’s trying to keep the sap boiling just as fast as it flows through the ...

Q. I recently purchased property with six healthy, large sugar maple trees. How can I tap the trees and produce my own maple syrup? A. Late winter and early spring are the perfect times to make ...

On pancakes, waffles, oatmeal, and more, Americans love maple syrup. The rich flavor is one reason why it’s so popular, as is its reputation as a good-for-you "natural" sweetener. But don’t fall for ...

March is the sweetest month of the year, even though tulips and daffodils have yet to bloom and snow may still cling to the ground. Just enter a maple sugarhouse this time of year and you will ...